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US Trains Philippines on Navy UAS

Posted on July 4, 2013 by The Editor

 

US troops recently trained their Philippine counterparts how to use surveillance UAS, as Manila seeks to boost military ties with Washington and counter what it perceives as a rising security threat from China.

The naval exercises are part of annual training operations between the two defence partners, but they have come under closer scrutiny this year due to simmering tensions between Manila and Beijing over rival claims to the South China Sea.

At a naval base around 13 kilometres (eight miles) south-west of the capital Manila, US Navy SEALs trained Filipino soldiers how to use small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), launching one from a boat out at sea after which it circled the base and landed in the water.